Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-05

coded by a heavy, rumDnng noise.
Tucson, A. T. May Am earth
Quake occurred here at 3 :12 P. M. yes
terday. No one was injured. Con-
siderable damage was done to build
ings. Goods were thrown from the
shelves of stores and many houses
were cracked. The shock was ac-
companied by a rumbling sound.
Many clocks stopped in the city, and
the entire population fled to the streets
terror stricken. The Courthouse Gu
pola swayed like the mast of a ship in
a turbulent sea, and the building
seemed as though it were topping over.
When the shock struck the Santa
Catalina Mountain, great slices of the
mountain were torn from its side and
thrown to it's base. Vast clouds of
dust rose above its crest seven thou
sand feet above the sea level at three
different points from three to four
miles apart. 1t was believed a vol
cane had burst out of the crest of the
mountain. One towering peak known
as the Old Castle, a prominent land
mark from Tucson, has entirely disap-
peared. The extent of the damage
cannot be told for several days. This
was the first earthquake ever expert
enced in Tucson. The public school
building rocked to and fro like a
cradle, and some of the ~plastering fell,
creating the utmost CONSERVATION
among the scholars. The school was
at once dismissed, for fear of a repeti-
ton of the shock. 1t lasted, accord
ing to a gentleman who timed it,
Just four seconds. One or two slight vi
brations have since been felt. The
motion OF the tremor was northwest.
Shortly after the earthquake a vol
cano broke out % miles south OF this
place, in the Total Wreck Mountains.
The sky is brilliantly illuminated.
The Effects OF the Interstate Com.
mere Law.
WASHINGTON, May 4.-The State
Department has received and trans
mitted to the Interstate Commerce
Commission a letter from the United
States Commercial Agent at London,
Ontario, relative to the effects of the
Interstate Commerce law on the trade
between the United States and Can
ada. The letter declares that since the
law went into operation imports into
Canada from the United States have
greatly fallen off, and that England is
securing the trade thus lost, owing to
the inability Of the American shipper
to know what through rates are. The
Canadian railways cannot yet give a
through rate over their own and con
Meeting American lines, and shippers
are consequently unwilling to let
their goods go to the frontier, not
knowing what the further delivery to
inland or seaboard points will cost.
The letter says a settlement must
shortly be arrived at, or u commerce
| will receive such damage that it will
take years to regain the lost trade and
prestige which we enjoy in this
country. To exemplify, a case has
Just come under my notice of a Can
| adian merchant, who tried to make a
| purchase of California goods amount
ing to about $40, 900, but had to give it
up on account of the inability of the
American railroads to make him a
freight rate, and consequently pur-
| chased elsewhere, and in some cases,
where shipments have gone out, the
rates have been so much higher than
before the passage of the bill, that they
have absorbed all the profit and
discouraged the shippers from
repeating their consignments. The
increase has been from 25 to 10C
per cent above the old rates, which is
a bad condition Of affairs, while prices
remain the same.
The Kentucky State Convention.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 4.-The State
Democratic Convention, which as
sembled shortly before noon to-day,
was thrown into a furry as unexpected,
as it Vas for a time lively. Temporary
Chairman Hill had just concluded his
address, when Hon. James Mckenzie
introduced a resolution heartily in.
dorsing the administration OF Presi'
dent Cleveland, and moved its adop-
ton without waiting for the compile
ton OF the permanent organization OF
the formality of a reference to the
Committee on Resolutions. Mckenzie
was cheered as he read his resolution
but Congressman Toulbe sprang to his
feet and moved that McKenzie's mo.
ton be laid on the table, declaring
that its adoption would commit the
Democracy of Kentucky to policies to
which it was known to be antagonistic,
such as silver, Civil Service, etc. He
wasfor any resolution indorsing Cleve-
lands honesty and integrity Of pur-
pose. [Cheers.l After withdrawing
his motion to lay upon the table, his
motion that the resolution be referred
to the Committee on Resolutions was
passed. Chairman Hill afterwards
| decided that McKenzie's motion was
| out of order. The convention pro-
ceeded to a permanent organization.
P0ssons Herself and Two Children.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, May A
horrible tragedy occurred at a farm
house two miles south Of this city last
night. Charles Martin, a young